Tylopilus

Common Gallenröhrling ( Tylopilus felleus )

The gall boletes ( Tylopilus ) is a fungal genus in the family Dickröhrlingsverwandten. In Central Europe, only one species occurs, the congregation Gallenröhrling ( T. felleus ), and the mild -tasting variety alutarius, the mildness Gallenröhrling. The representatives of the genus are considered inedible to poisonous. Previously included the gall boletes to the genus Boletus (Boletus ).

Features

Except for the whitish tubes, which are very fast pink in age, very far subscribed network on the stem and the very bitter taste of the meat have the gall boletes most of the features of Boletus.

Ecology

The gall boletes are widespread in the temperate zone, Mykorrhizapartner of conifers, and clearly prefer acidic, nutrient-poor soils ( marshes, bogs, heath ). In deciduous forests, the bile boletes are also encountered, especially on and on rotten tree stumps.

Importance

The gall boletes are all inedible to poisonous. Even a single fruit body can completely ruin a complete meal. Also, stomach and intestinal complaints can not be excluded.

Swell

• Helmut and Renate Grünert: Mushrooms, mosaic -Verlag, (1988 )
• Meinhard Moser: Small cryptogamic flora. The boletes and agarics, Gustav Fischer, (1983 )